I think for that video they used photoscan which creates a 3d point-cloud from an array of photos and estimates the depth of each of them, and then on top of that they use directional pixel sorting.
A similar effect can be done with the card dance effect in after effects too!
Pixsort also has a "Radial Zoom" option for its flow-shape that you may use to exaggerate the depth a bit.
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Oh man to be honest even just learning to make them myself is quite the journey. There is very very very little documentation out there besides what adobe provides and maybe some stray open source plugins on github so it's quite the task to learn and get up to speed considering pretty much every plugin programmer out there keeps their trade secrets to themselves. It's a pretty weird atmosphere to be in.
You can get the SDKs here! There is a PDF there that describes the overall API and includes some samples for the many different plugin types.
Hello,
Thanks again for the links — greatly appreciated!
I hope your hard work is paying off with sales of your plugins.
I think marketing is another area you should invest more of your time to promote awareness of your plugins. I found your plugin only after I noticed the effect in that video I linked. I had not seen the effect anywhere before — I just came across it by chance on Artstation.
The creator of the video did not specify anything about how he created the effect, but he did tell me he used “pixel sorting”. I searched around and came up with your plugin using those key words, which was mentioned in a CG forum. I also found AE Pixel Sorter (AEscripts.com), which is more expensive but not nearly as feature-rich. You have probably seen it. Since your plugin was so reasonably priced in comparison, I didn’t hesitate in buying it.
I would suggest you make a few video tutorials as well as examples of what can be done with your plugin and post them on Youtube, CG artist sites (like Artstation) and your site to build awareness and interest.
Cheers!
No problem! You are absolutely right that I haven't put much effort in promoting my plugin outside of offhand links on the After Effects reddit and such. Now that I have a stable build if PixSort with its feature set being asymptotically complete I can for sure start production of a video demonstrating what PixSort is and how to interface with its features. Thank you so much for the feedback!
Amazing work!! So happy to have stumbled upon it.
Seriously though, get it onto AE scripts ASAP. As others mentioned, the only similar plugin they currently offer is miles behind yours.
Been implementing your plugin into a music video i'm currently producing and have been blown away! I'll be sure to send you a link once it's finished (before end of month). Would be great if it could in any way be used to help promote your plugin!
Thanks!
-Alex
Oh man this is absolutely great! That would be a great promotion of the plugin! I've been working on a little video to demonstrate and promote PixSort and PixDither and such and trying to come up with a good format and this is a great example of what it can produce!
About AE Scripts: I could use AE Scripts but from what I've heard and seen they tend to take a huge chunk of profit from the people selling plugins there and require an EULA for the user to agree with and a lot of other little dings and attachments that had originally made it unappetizing to me. Hosting it on itch.io allows me to charge much cheaper for it while also guaranteeing a 'you buy it, it's yours' format of purchase(when you buy it, it's yours, you aren't just buying a license for the software,). I like keeping it simple for me and the end-user! Maybe someday I'll reconsider once I get a better insight on how hosting on AE Scripts is like since it does seem like a very popular platform to allocate traffic for the plugin but for now I'll stick to itch.io for its great simplicity and service!
Looking forward to seeing your completed work!
Awesome to hear! Once I'm finished, I can send you some of the clips to use as samples in your video too if you'd like.
Makes sense, you're definitely making the right move as a developer. Didn't realize how heavy-handed AE scripts was with their licensing and commissions. I know it's not fun, but better marketing/user videos which promote your plugin would definitely be a huge help, as AE scripts holds "credibility", which fools many users into believing it also trumps in stability and quality.
Otherwise, keep up the amazing work, and thanks again for keeping your plugins so transparent and updated! Talk soon!
